SDSC Resources
SDSC provides and supports a wide range of computing and data resources for the research community. These resources are available for use by the University of California researchers, to academic researchers in the U.S, and to industry affiliates.
Gordon
A new 1024-node resource with 64 TB DRAM, 256 TB of flash memory, and 4 PB disk storage. Gordon incorporates flash memory into its architecture, allowing it to solve data-intensive problems up to ten times faster. It is set to be in production on January 1, 2012. Gordon User Guide
Triton
This resource comprises three major components: a Petascale Data Analysis Facility (28 Sun X4600M2 nodes), a 256-node Compute Cluster (256 gB222X Appro blade nodes), and a Data Oasis (2-4 Petabytes disk space). Triton User Guide
Trestles
The newest SDSC addition to XSEDE, with a theoretical peak speed of 100 TF, contains 324 nodes, each with four 8-core Magny core processors and 64GB of memory. Trestles also incorporates 120 GB of local flash storage on every node. This resource is targeted towards XSEDE users requiring 1024 cores or fewer and long running jobs (up to multiple weeks). Trestles is for XSEDE users only. Trestles User Guide
Sierra
SDSC is a resource partner in the FutureGrid project (also part of XSEDE), which provides a high-performance grid test bed that will allow scientists to collaboratively develop and test innovative approaches to parallel, grid, and cloud computing. SDSC hosts the Sierra resource, which has 7 teraflops of compute power, 96 terabytes of raw storage, and is connected to the FutureGrid network via a 10GB link. Sierra provides cloud environments (such as Eucalyptus and Nimbus) and supports HPC applications running on the "bare metal." Users interested in running stand-alone or distributed experiments on Sierra and other FutureGrid machines may apply for allocations through FutureGrid. Sierra User Guide
High Performance Storage System (HPSS)
A centralized, long-term data storage system. HPSS has the capacity to store 25 PB of data, and data is added at a rate exceeding 100 TB a month. For national users, HPSS is part of the SDSC Tape Storage. HPSS User Guide
SAM-QFS
A high-performance archival storage system at SDSC. It allows users to directly access data using a disk cache filesystem, then automatically migrates the data to tape. For national users, SAM-QFS is part of the SDSC Tape Storage. SAM-QFS User Guide
Global Parallel File System - Wide Area Network (GPFS-WAN)
A centralized file system for long- or short-term data storage of high-volume multi-site runs, as well as large XSEDE-based data collections. GPFS-WAN is a 613-TB storage system mounted on several XSEDE platforms. GPFS-WAN User Guide
